Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
It may still be a week before the spring solstice but spring is marching on at a fast pace for us thanks to a very mild first half of the month. 60 and 70 degree highs have dominated the weather ( average is 50s ) this along with rain and storms the past two days …
A rush of spring warmth has ushered in a new season and with this new season comes my annual posts giving coverage of the arrival of spring to the area. Spring has officially sprung with several species of “early risers” in bloom including Crocus, Snowdrops and Winter Aconite. Several other spring favorites are showing up …
What a beautiful Saturday we had today! Besides a bit of southerly winds, sunshine was plentiful and temperatures were warm enough to open windows and even be outside with shorts on. It felt like spring for sure and many even did spring yard activities consisting of raking and cleaning out flower beds. Lack of snowcover, …
The past couple of days have really felt like spring with highs in the 40s north ranging to the 60s south. In some cases it felt on the verge of summer with highs topping out in the 70s in southwestern Iowa, pretty impressive for late February! The warm air was pumped northward as a large …
As the sun angle slowly increases and winter loses it’s grip on Iowa, many people catch themselves thinking of those warm days ahead, and we start to anticipate the starting the next season – spring! We are coming up on my favorite time of year, and what an exciting time to be here in Iowa. …
Short Term Forecast-The arrival of an arctic airmass is causing significant travel delays in parts of Iowa this morning and causing travel to be completely halted in others because of the very high winds associated with it. First north Iowa-Some light snows fell overnight generally amounts were light between 1-2″ however this new fluffy snow …
Short term forecast-Our winter storm continues to rage on and cause major travel issues. The center of low pressure responsible for this storm is currently located in far southeast Nebraska, nearing southwest Iowa and it is moving very slowly to the east and north. There are three bands of concern right now in the state, …
Road conditions are very bad and travel is not advised in all the northern 1/3rd of the state including I-35 north of Ames to the Minnesota border and I-29 in the Sioux City area. Here roads are completely covered and travel is very poor to impossible due to falling snow or blowing snow. Anywhere from …
Short term- The Major winter storm continues. In northern/northwestern Iowa conditions are very significant at this time and travel is not advised. I-29 is closed near Sioux City because of such poor conditions. Many cities are here are reporting heavy snow and whiteout conditions and winds are also very strong causing substantial blowing …
To much surprise the first flower of 2016 season has already opened today! The plant to claim this title goes to one single snowdrop ( Galanthus elwesii ) that decided to take the plunge and open today in the brilliant sunshine and high of 48.F that we had. This is by far much earlier than …